Everything a maktab runs on, in one list.

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Real screens from our demo maktab. Every name in them is made up.

Attendance in seconds

Teachers mark each child present, late or absent from a phone. The admin can see which classes have taken the register today.

• Start the day, tap each child, done: no paper register
• Each child's attendance pattern across the term
• Parents see every session attended, late or missed

For: Teacher · Maktab admin · Parent

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Lessons with video

Teachers put each lesson online with a video and notes, kept to their own class, so children can catch up at home.

• Add a video, a PDF, audio or a link
• Reuse a lesson from last term in one step
• See which children have finished it

For: Teacher · Student

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Homework, set and marked online

Set homework, collect what children hand in (even a video), and mark it one by one or all at once.

• Children hand in from home
• Marks and comments in one place
• Parents see what was set and what came back

For: Teacher · Student · Parent

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Term grids for memorisation

Track every surah, hadith, Name of Allah and tajweed rule for each child. Each item is not started, in progress or secure. Secure means the child knows it reliably.

• The same grid the parent sees at home
• Every mark dated, with the teacher who made it
• Shows exactly what to revise next

For: Teacher · Parent · Student

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Recitation review

Children record their recitation at home. The teacher listens and either accepts it or asks for another go.

• The longest-waiting recordings come first
• Accept, or send back with a note
• Teachers hear every child, every week

For: Teacher · Student

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Quizzes drafted by AI

Give a topic, a level and how many questions, and AI drafts the quiz in seconds. The teacher checks and edits every question before any child sees it.

• Questions in English or Arabic
• Quizzes mark themselves
• The teacher always has the last word

For: Teacher · Student

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Results and report cards

Enter exam marks for each subject, see class positions, add a comment for each child, and publish. Report cards reach parents straight away.

• A pass mark for every subject
• Class positions worked out for you
• Report cards ready the moment you publish

For: Teacher · Maktab admin · Parent

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A parent's view of their child

Parents see their child's progress, attendance, report cards and place in class, with one account for all their children.

• Progress in every subject, term by term
• Report cards and certificates to download
• Message the teacher directly

For: Parent

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Parents pay online

Parents pay £5 a month per child by card and get a receipt. The maktab sees who has paid and receives its £2 share.

• Invoices and the full payment history
• Receipts to download
• The maktab's share paid to its bank account

For: Parent · Maktab admin

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Messages and SMS

Send an announcement or an SMS to a class, to every parent, or only to parents who still owe this month, and see the cost before it goes.

• Parents can message the teacher
• Numbers that opted out are skipped
• Every message is tracked

For: Maktab admin · Teacher · Parent

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Safety and incidents

Record behaviour and safeguarding notes at four levels, from information to safeguarding. Parents see the notes about their own child.

• Parental consent recorded before anything else
• Each maktab's data kept separate
• Every administrative action logged

For: Teacher · Maktab admin · Parent

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The student app

Children see today's lessons, take quizzes, practise their recitation, and collect badges and points for the class leaderboard.

• Their own grid filling in, surah by surah
• Badges, points and streaks
• Homework and attendance in one place

For: Student

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Management

• Student records

  Admissions, profiles, class history and archived leavers, all in one register.

  For: Maktab admin

• Classes and timetable

  Classes tied to curriculum levels, a weekly timetable, and one teacher per class and subject.

  For: Maktab admin

• Teacher accounts

  Invite teachers, choose what each can reach, and review their activity.

  For: Maktab admin

• Bring your register across

  Move a whole paper or spreadsheet register onto Silsila in one go instead of typing each child.

  For: Maktab admin

• Your name, logo and address

  Each maktab gets its own branding and its own web address the moment it registers.

  For: Maktab admin

• Your own domain

  Use a domain you already own for your maktab's website and app. We connect it for you.

  For: Maktab admin · Platform owner

• Your maktab's own website

  A public site for your maktab, with its story, headteacher, classes, teachers, notices, gallery and admissions, edited from your dashboard.

  For: Maktab admin

• Moderators

  Add moderators to help run the maktab, and choose exactly which parts of it each one can reach.

  For: Maktab admin

• Certificates

  Level-completion and khatm certificates, issued by the maktab and downloadable by parents.

  For: Maktab admin · Parent

Teaching

• Attendance register

  Mark a class present, late or absent in seconds, then see each child's pattern across the term.

  For: Teacher · Maktab admin · Parent

• Lessons and notes

  Upload lessons, videos and notes that stay locked to your own class.

  For: Teacher · Student

• Self-marking quizzes

  Set a quiz once; it marks itself the moment a child hands it in.

  For: Teacher · Student

• Homework

  Set homework, collect it, and review what came back — parents see it too.

  For: Teacher · Student · Parent

What’s next in Teaching

• QR check-inComing later

  Children check in by scanning a code at the door, and the register fills itself in.

  For: Teacher

Progress and curriculum

• A syllabus in the box

  Five levels, eight subjects, three terms — ready on the first day, with room for your own lessons on top.

  For: Maktab admin · Teacher · Platform owner

• Your own curriculum from a spreadsheet

  Start from the default curriculum or a blank Excel template, fill it in, and upload it in one go.

  For: Maktab admin

• Term grids

  Surah memorisation, the 42 ahadeeth, the 99 Names and tajweed rules, ticked not started, in progress or secure each term.

  For: Teacher · Parent · Student

• Recitation review

  A child records their recitation at home; the teacher listens, then accepts it or asks for another go.

  For: Student · Teacher

• Result sheets

  Enter exam marks, see class positions, add a comment for each child, and publish the results when they are ready.

  For: Teacher · Maktab admin · Parent

• Marks from a spreadsheet

  Bring a class's exam marks into a result sheet from a CSV file instead of typing each one.

  For: Teacher

• Report cards

  Each child's report card is built from the published result sheet, for parents to read on screen.

  For: Teacher · Parent

• Badges, streaks and leaderboard

  Points, badges and streaks that keep six-to-thirteen-year-olds coming back.

  For: Student

AI

• Quizzes written for you

  The teacher gives a topic, a level of difficulty and how many questions. AI drafts the quiz in seconds, and the teacher edits it before any child sees it.

  For: Teacher · Student

What’s next in AI

• Tajweed, checked out loudComing later

  The student recites into the phone. Arabic speech recognition returns the rule they broke and where, not just a score. The teacher sees the recording and the mark, and has the last word.

  For: Student · Teacher

• A hifdh partner that remembersComing later

  Recite from memory and every stumble is logged. Weak verses are scheduled back sooner using spaced repetition, so revision goes where it is actually needed.

  For: Student · Teacher

• Questions, answered from the syllabusComing later

  A Hanafi-aware assistant grounded on the platform's own curriculum rather than the open web. Anything sensitive is handed to the teacher instead of answered.

  For: Student · Teacher

• Reports that write their first draftComing later

  Termly progress reports in English, Bengali or Arabic, drafted from the grid the teacher already filled in. The teacher edits and sends.

  For: Teacher · Parent

Parents and communication

• Parent dashboard

  One account for every child: level, class, attendance, homework and progress.

  For: Parent

• Messages and announcements

  Parents message the teacher directly; teachers and the maktab post announcements.

  For: Parent · Teacher · Maktab admin

• SMS to parents and teachers

  Text a whole class, every parent, or only parents who still owe this month, with a cost preview before anything is sent.

  For: Maktab admin · Parent

• Complaints, handled properly

  Teachers and parents raise a complaint in the app; the maktab reviews it and closes it with a written answer. A maktab can raise its own with our team.

  For: Parent · Teacher · Maktab admin · Platform owner

What’s next in Parents and communication

• WhatsApp alertsComing later

  Absence and announcement alerts on WhatsApp, for parents who prefer it to SMS.

  For: Parent · Maktab admin

Payments

• Card payments by parents

  Parents pay £5 a month per child by card, with invoices and full history.

  For: Parent

• Earnings for the maktab

  £2 of every paying child's fee goes to their maktab, with a dashboard of what is earned, pending and paid.

  For: Maktab admin

• Hardship and overrides

  A child whose parent cannot pay keeps full access; pricing can be adjusted for a single maktab.

  For: Maktab admin · Platform owner

Safety and data

• Separate data per maktab

  Every maktab's data is kept separate. Nothing is shared between maktabs.

  For: Maktab admin · Platform owner

• Parental consent

  A parent's consent is recorded before a child's data is processed.

  For: Parent · Maktab admin

• Incident log

  Behaviour and safeguarding notes recorded at four levels, from information to safeguarding, and shared with the child's parents.

  For: Teacher · Maktab admin · Parent

• Upload review

  Material a teacher uploads is checked before children see it.

  For: Platform owner · Teacher

• Audit log

  Every administrative action is written to a log that can be reviewed.

  For: Platform owner · Maktab admin